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McCutcheon, et al. v. Federal Election Commission removes another limit to campaign finance donations, yet there are still plenty of laws and rules on the books that control how money is given and received.

1. Can individuals give as much as they want to any candidate they want?

No.

McCutcheon did not strike down the limit on how much individuals can donate to candidates or party committees.

Rather, the case struck down the aggregate limit on how much people can give in capped donations to campaigns and parties, which would have been $123,200 in 2014. That means instead of stopping when they hit that aggregate limit, donors can keep giving maximum donations to every candidate and party committee they desire.

Donors can now spread money around to more candidates and no longer have a ready-made excuse (“Sorry, I’ve maxed out to my aggregate limit”) for the next candidate-fundraising call. But the most any given donor can give to any given candidate or party committee is still capped. In 2014, the max donation is $5,200 per candidate and $32,400 to a party committee. That figure is adjusted each election cycle, based on inflation.

That’s not entirely clear. The answer depends partly on how the decision is implemented by the Federal Election Commission and interpreted by political lawyers around the country but also on variables like how many candidates are running for Congress and how many politicians set up PACs.

Of course, there’s still no limit on how much people can give to super PACs and 501(c)(4) nonprofits. That’s where donors like the Koch brothers and Tom Steyer have directed tens of millions of dollars.

3. Do donations have to be disclosed?

Yes.

The ruling does not affect rules requiring donations to candidates and party committees be disclosed to the FEC. If donors want their contributions to be secret, nonprofits are still the only way to go.

Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court’s monumental 2010 decision, cleared the way for unlimited spending on political ads by corporations and unions, and a subsequent lower court decision allowed individuals to donate unlimited sums to super PACs. The decisions are what allowed Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg to donate $3 million to a super PAC supporting President Barack Obama in 2012 and also empowered the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity to spend millions on ads directly opposing Obama’s reelection.

McCutcheon, on the other hand, does not allow unlimited donations to any candidate or group, nor does it clear corporations and unions — the focus of Citizens United — to donate to campaigns or parties.